On the evening of Wednesday, June 15 over 140 people gathered in Veterans Park in Fond du Lac for a “Candlelight Vigil Remembering the Orlando Victims“. Presenters included CSA, LGBT Plus Q representative, the Muslim community, Church of Life and a Fond du Lac County Board member. Each representative spoke on the tragedy of the loss of life and honoring the lives of the victims. Video.
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PRAYER ON THE OCCASION OF TRAGEDY AND MURDER IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, JUNE 2016
Father Ken Smit's Prayer
God of all the times and ages,
We believe you mourn and weep with us
Over the tragedy at the Pulse Orlando night club
In Orlando, Florida.
All human beings are created in your image and likeness,
So the devastation of the GLBT community
Is dear to your heart
As well as such communities throughout the world.
We pray for those who have been murdered
Mostly young people cut off in the flower of life,
And for their families and friends.
We pray for the injured and maimed,
Some of them with lives forever changed.
We pray for all of those who help to restore them to life.
And since we are bid by Jesus to pray for our enemies,
We pray also for the killer Omar Mateen and his family.
We pray for a country and culture without military weapons
And armaments of mass destruction.
We pray for the lessening of fear and anger.
Which only serve the purpose of more violence.
We pray for a political and social culture
That works steadfastly toward an ordered civil society
Which respects rights and establishes peace.
Most of all we pray for that peace which surpasses understanding
Which only faith and hope can bring,
And the charity that excels all other virtues.
Love can conquer death, even the tragic deaths of our time.
We make this prayer in the name and power of God,
Present in our lives for ever and ever. Amen.
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